…battle altogether. In the famous criminal case of the nanny Louise Woodward (who was accused of killing the child she took care of in Boston), defense attorney Barry Scheck tried…
…analysis. The researchers are trying to find a “natural experiment” that shifts around TV watching, but otherwise has no impact on whether a child is diagnosed as autistic. Rainfall is…
…keep their kids in school, like this one: Oregon schools offer free cars to entice kids to class Monday, September 18, 2006 Associated Press – Idaho News PHOENIX, Ore. —…
In Freakonomics, we make the argument that a child’s first name doesn’t affect his or her life outcome. I am guessing that most inanimate objects, too, are relatively unaffected by…
…saw a young couple, the dad carrying a small child, making its way out of the theater. It was none other than Glover himself. My first thought was: Why on…
When I was a child and didn’t eat my dinner, my mother (like all mothers of her generation) would remind me that there were starving children in Africa. However, she…
A while back Dubner blogged about how Consumer Reports had demanded a recall of a number of rear-facing child seats because they performed so poorly in their tests. Now Consumer…
…does happen — a friend of mine was in a car stopped in traffic in India and a young child knocked on the window of the car and attempted to…
…in Defense of Our Country.” If you are thinking of satire along the lines of Newman’s “Short People,” you are mostly wrong. The lyrics are mostly in earnest, with Newman…
…is being put to some empirical testing. I would like to think that we are on our way to a less childish, or child-like, view of death in this country,…
At least in New Yorker cartoons. Because, as explained here, “the tacit assumption … is that the child is not of Polish origin.”…
…to mention: We’re too few because too many of our babies have been killed,” Miller said. “Over 45 million since Roe v. Wade in 1973. If those 45 million children…
…to mention: We’re too few because too many of our babies have been killed, Miller said. Over 45 million since Roe v. Wade in 1973. If those 45 million children…
…himself took in a showing of the film, with his own child in tow; and 3. Whether the success of films like Happy Feet have raised awareness of global warming….
…a child when the kid loses a tooth. Tagliamonte’s son lost his first tooth when he was nearly seven; the parents didn’t know how much to pay, so they asked…
…sense to subsidize women who were going to give up babies for adoption? I think maybe it does. There are large numbers of parents who want to adopt, and a…
…consumption of oil, the newly formed advocacy group Parents Against a New International Climate today announced that no American child shall henceforth be allowed to dye or hunt for more…
I blogged a few days ago about the sad fact that my beloved three-year-old child, a.k.a. 2687, a black IBM (Lenovo) laptop, had to be repaired. The LCD had gone…
…Still, when issues like sexual assault start sparking real-life police action, it sounds like a case for some necessary introduction of retribution to remove incentives if ever there was one….
Here’s a new twist to our ongoing discussion of child-naming: The Wall Street Journal reports that new parents may be choosing more “unique” names for their children in the interest…
…professional hockey players (presumably because of age cutoffs when they’re children — the ones who just make the cutoff are the oldest and strongest, get the most playing time, and…
…a pregnant woman walking down the street, the sex of her child is a random event for me – but not for her doctor, and certainly not for God. Likewise,…
…wife Annabel and I are pregnant with our first child, it’s time to give up once and for all. I’ve created a listing on the New Zealand online auction site…
…on her blog, the pet list overlaps heavily with the same year’s 100 most popular children’s names in England and Wales (a list that differs somewhat from the boys’ name…
…autistic child or know someone who does, you may not be satisfied with Shattuck and Durkin’s article, for it may be more comforting to have a tangible villain, like vaccines,…
…by reviewing British Household Panel Surveys of 10,000 people since 1991. The results? $220,000 for a spouse, $118,000 for a child, $28,000 for a parent, and $2,000 for a sibling….
…discuss it with others. And in the process, they find endless opportunities to refine their thinking about what a sensible answer might look like. In short, they learn a lot…
…who teach courses that are tested, like reading and math, but not to those who teach subjects like music or art. Obama said teachers’ salaries should be increased across the…
…campaign spending and electoral success; “culture cramming” and childhood test scores; the use of child car seats and the decline in auto fatalities. So it was interesting to see, on…
Last night, Levitt posted this discovery of what seemed like a phishing expedition (and revealed to the world his late-night poker habits). As of 9:10 a.m. today, the site in…